| Aircraft Commander |
| Co-pilot |
| Flight Director |
| Flight Director |
| Electronics Technician |
| AVAPS Operator |
| Dropsonde Operator |
| Mark Bacon (NWS Wilmington) |
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Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will fly an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Hurricane Irene. The G-IV will leave MacDill AFB, FL 1730 UTC and will recover back at MacDill AFB, FL by 0200 UTC next day.
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Prepared by the National Hurricane Center August 23, 2011 4:59:29 PM Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 24/1730Z | |||
| DROP LOCATIONS | |||
| # | LAT | LON | TIME |
| deg min | deg min | hh:mm | |
| 1 | 28 00 | -79 30 | 0:23 |
| 2 | 30 00 | -79 00 | 0:40 |
| 3 | 32 00 | -78 00 | 0:58 |
| 4 | 32 00 | -76 00 | 1:13 |
| 5 | 30 00 | -77 00 | 1:31 |
| 6 | 28 00 | -76 00 | 1:49 |
| 7 | 26 31 | -75 52 | 2:01 |
| 8 | 26 31 | -74 32 | 2:12 |
| 9 | 28 00 | -74 00 | 2:24 |
| 10 | 29 00 | -75 00 | 2:36 |
| 11 | 30 00 | -74 00 | 2:47 |
| 12 | 29 00 | -73 00 | 2:58 |
| 13 | 27 00 | -72 00 | 3:16 |
| 14 | 25 57 | -73 20 | 3:30 |
| 15 | 24 54 | -72 30 | 3:40 |
| 16 | 25 00 | -71 00 | 3:52 |
| 17 | 23 36 | -72 12 | 4:07 |
| 18 | 22 00 | -71 00 | 4:23 |
| 19 | 22 18 | -72 30 | 4:35 |
| 20 | 21 15 | -73 20 | 4:46 |
| 21 | 20 47 | -74 28 | 4:56 |
| 22 | 21 20 | -75 29 | 5:05 |
| 23 | 22 00 | -76 30 | 5:14 |
| 24 | 22 34 | -77 45 | 5:25 |
| 25 | 23 36 | -78 12 | 5:35 |
| 26 | 25 15 | -78 30 | 5:48 |
| 27 | 27 00 | -78 00 | 6:03 |
| 28 | 26 00 | -82 30 | 6:39 |
| 29 | 26 30 | -84 30 | 6:55 |
| 30 | 26 00 | -86 30 | 7:11 |
| 31 | 28 00 | -87 30 | 7:29 |
| 32 | 30 00 | -86 30 | 7:47 |
| 33 | 28 30 | -85 00 | 8:04 |
Mission Summary :
| Take off | Landing
| MacDill AFB, FL | 17:22 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL | 01:42 UTC
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NOAA 49RF flew an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Hurricane Irene. The G-IV left MacDill AFB, FL 1722 UTC and recovered back at MacDill AFB, FL by 0142 UTC next day. 33 dropsondes were launched and 30 of those were transmitted.
Problems :
NetCDF file |
Error Summary |
Flight Director's log
Page last updated August 30, 2011
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